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Figurative Language (Simile, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Person..)

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alan is a sneaky little fox, running into the kitchen and stealing a cookie.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

e)

This is literal.

2.

The chair screamed when it scratched across the wood floor. My mother was very mad because it scratched the floor.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

e)

This is literal

3.

The waiter caught the cup that was falling off the table.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

e)

This is literal

4.

There was no preventing the rain from slapping me in the face.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

e)

This is literal

5.

This Figurative Language compares two things using like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

6.

This Figurative Language compares two things WITHOUT using like or as.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

7.

This Figurative Language gives human qualities to non-human things (items, objects, things, etc.).

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

8.

This Figurative Language makes a point by exaggerating the truth.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

9.
The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.
What figure of speech is this an example of?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
10.
The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
What figure of speech is this?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
11.
I have so much homework my bookbag weighs a million pounds.
Which figurative language is this?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
12.
I'm so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean.
What figurative language is this an example of?
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
13.
Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.
Which figure of speech is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Idiom
14.
The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.
Which figurative language is this?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
15.

The flowers were dancing in the wind.

a)

A. personification

b)

B. pun

c)

C. simile

d)

D. metaphor

16.

Which one is personification?

a)

A.) The wind whistled through the air.

b)

B.) I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

c)

C.) Her eyes were jewels.

d)

D.) The cat was like the night sky.

17.
These shoes take 50 million years to put on.
a)
imagery
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
18.
The flame in the candle danced in the dark.
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
simile
19.
The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.
a)
The car is very old.
b)
The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
c)
The car is very new.
20.
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; commonly known as figures of speech is called
a)
simile
b)
figurative language
c)
hyperbole
21.

Figurative language?

"I'm stuck to my mattress like crazy glue." - Tupac Shakur

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

assonance

d)

personification

22.

I have a million things to do today.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

23.

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

24.

This house is as clean as a whistle.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

25.

The moon smiled at the stars in the sky.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

26.

Which is an example of metaphor?

a)

The puppy was a dog.

b)

The puppy's paws screamed because they were so cold.

c)

The puppy's paws were like icicles.

d)

The puppy's paws were icicles.

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